AltWeeklies Wire
CA Housing Corruption Report Takes Shortcutsnew
A Pasadena-commissioned report to investigate reports of fraud forgot to talk to a few people - those who were allegedly manipulated by a local developer.
Pasadena Weekly |
André Coleman |
08-03-2007 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development
Roses are Rednew
Human rights groups push the City Council and Tournament of Roses to rethink a controversial Chinese Olympic-themed float.
Pasadena Weekly |
Joe Piasecki |
07-20-2007 |
Race & Class
Tags: race relations
Pat Buchanan's Silence Was Goldennew
It isn't often that the former presidential candidate gives someone else the chance to speak, but he clammed up when forced to consider truths of what many Americans share with undocumented immigrants.
Pasadena Weekly |
Kevin Uhrich |
07-02-2007 |
Immigration
Rose Parade Float Sparks Human Rights Questionsnew
Persecuted for their beliefs by the Chinese government, Falun Gong practitioners decry that nation's inclusion in the New Year's parade.
Pasadena Weekly |
Joe Piasecki |
07-02-2007 |
International
Tags: international
Hide and Seeknew
Self-imposed corporate transparency is still the best way to go in "private equity" deals.
Pasadena Weekly |
Peter Scheer |
07-02-2007 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Climate Change Means Drought for Southern Californianew
The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California Climate will need to address the impact of climate change on water supply and demand.
Pasadena Weekly |
Timothy F. Brick |
06-15-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Gangbanger Turned Peacemakernew
A former gang member reaches out to local kids to help stop the violence.
Pasadena Weekly |
Andre Coleman |
06-15-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Justice for Peggy Rebernew
After nearly four decades, police may finally know who committed one of the most gruesome murders of its time.
Pasadena Weekly |
Martha Shaak with Kevin Uhrich |
06-14-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: Peggy Reber, crime & justice
Bad News for Newsnew
Pasadenan James Macpherson made waves last week when he said he'll gather press releases and information through his home computer and send it to India to be rewritten for his "local" website.
Pasadena Weekly |
Kevin Uhrich |
05-21-2007 |
Media
Tags: media
Cop Wins $3 Million in Wiretap Casenew
A Pasadena police officer was awarded a $3 million judgment against the city of and its police department for violations of privacy stemming from the use of wiretaps against her.
Pasadena Weekly |
Andre Coleman |
05-14-2007 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: civil liberties
Safe Surrender Program Has Helped Save Dozen of Babies' Livesnew
The program operates under a simple premise of "no shame, no blame, no names," enabling new mothers who feel overwhelmed by the prospect of raising their child the chance to anonymously hand their babies over to firehouses, police stations and hospitals.
Pasadena Weekly |
Carl Kozlowski |
05-14-2007 |
Children & Families
Tags: children & families
A Federal Drug Raid Turned a Comic into a Marijuana Missionarynew
During a stop on her way home from a radio interview last week, Tere Joyce found herself at the wrong end of a rifle, caught up in a surprise DEA raid on a medical marijuana dispensary.
Pasadena Weekly |
Joe Piasecki |
04-23-2007 |
Drugs
Tags: Drugs
Of Mars and Mennew
What are we really hoping to find in the ongoing conquest of the Red Planet?
Pasadena Weekly |
Kevin Uhrich |
04-02-2007 |
Science
Tags: NASA
Major Media Hide Behind Fog of War, Protesters Gear Up for More Bloodshednew
Since before the war began, hundreds of thousands of people have marched against the war with little substantive coverage by local media.
Pasadena Weekly |
Joe Piasecki |
03-26-2007 |
War
Tapped Outnew
Pasadena police deny wrongdoing in using wiretaps against controversial officer.
Pasadena Weekly |
Andre Coleman and Joe Piasecki |
03-19-2007 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: civil liberties
